Recent reviews by RetroCas

I've played this game on and off since it's release, through various iterations and updates.

I am mostly a survivor main. I occasionally play killer.

I would not recommend this game to new players for numerous reasons, chief amongst them would be the sheer amount of work it would take to 'catch up' and the knowledge that comes along with every single perk (killer and survivor) in the game. I would say that people don't even really begin to understand DbD until they reach about 300 hours in the game (Not I said understand; not master).

On the survivor side; you have to deal with killers of various play styles. You've got some that are honorable and will not chase people off hooks, tunnel, slug, ect al. You've got people who will chase the first thing that moves in front of them (I call these T-rex killers, affectionately of course). And you've got the new meta of killers who will slug all 4 survivors and leave you to lay on the ground for 4-5 minutes until you bleed out and die. Aside from being new and learning how to play the game, you will have to deal with the aforementioned killers (The last one is probably the worst and most common killer you will find these days) while practicing; which can be extremely aggravating and probably make you quit the game before you invest any serious amount of time into the game.

Survivors and killers(Except for the licensed ones) can be obtained through LONG gameplay. (A typical killer will run you anywhere from 4,500 - 9,000 iridescent shards). I don't know the numerics for new accounts; but once your account reaches level 50, you will gain 300 shards per level increase. You'll need about 4,200 exp to level up your account each time beyond 50. You'll get around 600 exp per game; so ideally you'll gain a level every 7 matches. 9000 shards / 300 per level = 30 levels for each new character you want to unlock. In a perfect world you're looking at 42 hours of gameplay for each unlock.... or you could just spend $5-10 to unlock a chapter granting you the killer and survivor.

That's the first part. You want their perks? Well now you need to level up either one and prestige them 3 times to grant their three perks to the rest of your survivor/killers as maximum level perks. (Each perk has 3 levels, each granting more stats than the last).

Now we move on to cosmetics. You see a really cute outfit on a character you like playing? That'll run you anywhere from 500-24,000 iridescent shards depending on it's rarity. Of course, this can be negated by paying real money.

They do have seasonal battle passes (both normal and paid) that give cosmetic rewards and if you end up playing enough, I would say the $10 premium rewards are well worth it.

Fantastic game. Love the chaos of both bugs and bots!

Hopefully Sony keeps on it's stance of not requiring a link to a PSN account. Good job Arrowhead!

Played the game for about half an hour and immediately had issues.

Did Prospector mode. Upon spawning, camera was in freelook and was unable to do anything other than run forwards/backwards/strafe left/strafe right. Had to restart mission to fix. Was running through the planet and fell off a very small cliff. Died. Did not respawn, it restarted the mission from the very beginning, forcing me to run for another 10 minutes just to get back to where I was.

Swapped over to the 2nd game mode (Humans Vs Aliens). Infantry mode sucks ass on either side. You hurry up to get nowhere. Commander mode is fine. There is no match making, every lobby is private Didn't try the third game mode at this point.

In all honesty, if you are interested in playing this game, do so with friends, otherwise go play a better RTS game like C&C, Starcraft, or Halo Wars.

Great game. Story was fantastic. A bit dull in terms of plot-twists and anything deep, but a simple good vs bad doesn't mean it's terrible! The game took me around 32 hours to complete, which falls in line with the 30-35 hour 100% completion timeline.

The spell system is fantastic and combining one spell with another is great! Dark Magic is available in the game and unlocks gradually as you progress through the game. I wish there was a bit more of a penalty to using The Forbidden Curses; but at the same time, it was 100 years prior to the HP series so the fact that there isn't as severe of a knee jerk reaction to its use makes some sense.

For the sake of spoilers, I won't delve too deep into specifics but there is a sort of 'crafting' and 'gear upgrading' system. It's easy and enjoyable to use! Also, do you like minecraft? It's got some elements towards that too!

Overall would 100% recommend this game to anyone who likes the HP world! Enjoy Warner Brother Studios creation!

Very immersive game! Hours of fun for $20! Even better with a group of friends!